Door-hanger



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A. J. IVES.

DOOR HANGER.

Patented June 22, 1886.

N. warms Pholmmhcgnpher, Washington, a. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcs.

ALBERT JULIUS IVES, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,994, dated June 22,1886.

Application filed April 10, ISEG. Serial No. 198,464.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT J ULIUs Ivns, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hangers for sliding doors; andit consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices,that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a hanger for sliding doorsadapted to raise or lower the door slightly from the suspendingtrack-rail, and thus prevent the door from binding, and enabling it tobe readily opened I or closed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger embodying myimprovements attached to the upper edge of a door. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevationof the doorhanger detached from the door. Fig. 4 is a detail plan viewof the plate for locking the hanger to the top of the door.

A represents the sliding door, and B represents the usual supportingtrack-rails, which are secured in the top of the frame above the top ofthe door.

0 represents the lockingplate, which is screwed to the top edge of thedoor. This plate is recessed on its under side, as at a, and is providedon its upper side with rectangular openings 1), which communicate withone end of the recesses a. Open slots 0 are also made in thelocking-plate, the said slots communicating at one end with the openings1), as shown in Fig. 4.

D represents the hanger, which is composed of the upper section, 0, andthe lower section, (I. The opposing edges or sides of the upper andlower sections are beveled or inclined, as shown, thereby making thesaid sections triangular in shape. The lower section, (I, is

provided on its upper edge on one side with a groove, f, andcommunicating with this groove at the center of the upper side of thelower section is an elongated slot, 9. At the lower end of the inclinedupper side of the sec- (ModeL) tion d is a projecting bracket, h, and atthe outer end of the lower section is a projection or stud, i.

70 represents an angle-plate, which is mortised in one edge of the doorand secured there to by means of screws, the said plate having at itsupper end a 'horizontal arm, Z, which bears on the upper side of thestud i. From the lower side of the lowersection of the hanger dependstuds m, which are provided with rectangular heads 11, adapted to fitthe openings 1) of the plate 0. The shanks o of the stud are adapted toenter the slots 0 of the plate 0, and thereby lock the heads in on theunder sides or recesses of the said plate, and thus secure the hangerfirmly to the top of the door. The upper section, 6, of the hanger isprovided on its lower inclined side with an inwardlyextending tongue,1), which enters the groove f on the section 6. A screw, 1", extendsthrough the slot 9 and enters the tongue 1), and thereby secures theupper section of the hanger firmly to the lower section thereof, andpermitting the said upper section to be moved back and forth on thelower section a distance corresponding to the length of the slot As theopposing edges of the upper and lower sections of the hanger arebeveled, it follows that when the upper section is moved in onedirection on the lower section the said upper section is raised, andwhen the latter is moved in the opposite direction the said uppersection is lowered, thus rendering the hanger vertically adj ustable.The upper section of the hanger carries the usual rollers, S, which bearon the upper sides of the suspending track-rails B, and thus suspend thesliding door from the said rails, and enabling it to be readily openedor closed.

t represents an adj usting-scrcw, which is swiveled in an opening in theupper end of the bracket h of the lower section, and the threadedportion of the said adj listing-screw works in a threaded opening, a,which is made in one end of the section 6. By turning this screw in onedirection the upper section is moved upwardly on the lower section, andby turning the said screw in .the reverse direction the contrary resultis effected. By this construction it will be readily understood that thesliding door may be slightly raised or lowered to preventit from bindingagainst the upper or lower ICO portion of the door-frame when the doorswells through the slot 9 and entering the tongue, and under certainatmospheric conditions, thus enthe adj usting-screw swiveled in thebracket h, I 5 abiing the door to be readily opened or closed andengaging the threaded opening u in the t at all times. upper section,for the purpose set forth, sub- 5 Having thus described my invention, Istantiaiiy as described.

claim- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as The combination of thelower sectiun,d,havmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in 20 ingthe bracket h at one end, and the inclined presence of two witnesses.upper side provided with the groove f and the 0 slot 9, and the uppersection, 6, carrying the ALBERT JULIUS IVES supporting-rollers, andhaving its lower side Witnesses: inclined and provided with a tongue,1), to en- M. O. SOUTHWORTH,

ter the groove f, the set-screw r, passing I CHAS. R. CURRIER.

